berryblondeboys
"Girls.... I'm going to squeal like a pig (hey, I am originally from Iowa after all!) when I get into the two teens. Even though that still means almost 20 pounds, it FEELS so close in my head."
Berry you are so close. You can do it!
Sometimes I feel like I have come so far, then other times I feel like I still have so far to go.
I tell myself to just kick back and enjoy the journey.
Part of me wants to speed this up, but I don't want to get derailed.
I have been losing slowly but surely. I am keeping my calories to a happy amount, I am happy with my walking minutes etc.
berryblondeboys
"OF course, that is very individual, but for me, around 175. 175-165 took me several months.. but... this is because I'm VERY large built and I was zeroing in on a body fat percentage. I wanted to get under 25% body fat - which is considered "fit". I lifted weights, did aerobics and at 165 I was at 25.4-25.6 body fat. So, I didn't have much weight to lose, at all. Those measures of "119-147" for my height, for me were NOT accurate. I couldn't get that thin without seriously getting skinny.
So, I would say, weight loss gets to that point as you are getting very close to your ideal weight. You just have to work hard for those 10 pounds, usually."
Thank you for the info. I know you are a little taller then me too. So your 165 will probably be leaner then me at 165.
I went from 270 lbs towards the end of 2005, got down to 192 or so by 2007, then lots of stuff happened and I crept back up to 270 again by June of 2010.
I have been working on the weight off and on over the past few years. Got down to 235, then 241, then down to 209 lbs by Oct 2012.
I should of kept going but I got derailed. I gained and was bouncing around most of last year (2013) between 222-226. I kept telling myself, well hey you aren't 270 any more!! Yes an improvement, but still too much to weigh.
By Feb 2014 it crept up again. I was 233 lbs. I told myself when will it end if I don't stop now!!! I knew I had to put on some serious brakes.
I will be turning 40 this December and I made a promise to myself 9-10 years ago that I would lose this weight and be healthy and be here for my family. Or at least lose a significant amount of this extra weight and be healthy and be here for my family.
I need to follow thru and do it, and then maintain it.
I started again in earnest this February at 233 lbs. I started Feb 6th counting cals again, lost 7 lbs that month. (I started getting serious about the walking again in Jan.)
March my cals averaged 1798 per day, walking minutes were 85 per day on average. Lost 6.8 lbs.
April my cals averaged 1955 per day, walking minutes were 83 or so per day on average. Lost 5.6 lbs.
Now I told myself when I started again that 5 lbs per month is fine. More is nice, but 5 lbs is great too. Imagine if instead of maintaining or gaining, I lost 5 lbs every month for 12 months even? That would be 60 lbs in a year.
So yeah I am fine with 5 lbs, but I knew from looking at the stats from the previous month that I probably could of lost a little more if I had stuck to 1800 calories instead of 1955.
I do know as my weight goes down, I may need to adjust my calories downward, and that is fine. But I want to keep my calories as high as possible for now.
I still have alot to lose.
Part of me being able to stick to plan is knowing I have plenty of food, working in the food I like to eat, and making this live-able for me.
Cause this is the way I need to be eating for the rest of my life.
Yes there are times I would like more of something, or to have something different, but I am generally pretty happy with what I eat and I am truly not hungry. I am eating foods I enjoy, foods that are healthy, but also working in "the bad foods" and "splurges" but using alot of portion control along the way.
This month I am doing good staying on track with the 1800 calories a day average and my walking minutes have averaged 80 minutes per day. Down 5.8 lbs so far this month with 2 more days til the big weigh in. I hope it doesn't bounce back up.
I am just playing it by ear and seeing how it works out each month.
I guess at the beginning of a new month if I feel I didn't lose enough and that I can do better without risking derailing myself, then maybe I will do less calories.
We'll see how it goes.
